Hammock-support.



JOSEPH LOGKE, OF DIGKSON, TENNESSEE.

HAMMOCK-SUPPORT.

N 0. 893,083. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed' September 28, 1907. Serial No. 394,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH LocKE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Dickson, in the county of Dickson and tate of Tennessee, have invented a new, and useful Hammock-Support, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvem'ents in hammocksupports, and its object is to provide a portable support for hammocks wherein the parts are effectually braced in the several positions of ad'u'stinent, and the whole structure maybe folded up into small compass for storage or shipment.

The invention comprises essentially a main connecting bar or sill, the length of'which may be i1( usted at will, and at each end this sill is received in suitable sockets carried by laterally extended feet or supports. There are also provided hammock carryin uprights removably connected at their ower ends to the feet or supports on opposite sides of the sill or connecting bar, these uprights being formed of two strips with their lower ends spread apart and their upper ends connected, or, if need be, and especially when made of metal, these uprights may be constructed of one piece suitably shaped for the purpose. Pivotally connected to each upright is a brace rod, while the connecting bar or sill is provided with an appropriate number of spaced sockets for receiving the free ends of the brace rods, so that the inclination of the uprights may be fixed at will to provide means whereby the relative height of the head and foot portions of the hammock may be adjusted to suit the user.

The invention willbe best understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accom- Ipanying drawings forming part of thisspecication, in which,

Figure 1 is a pers ective view of the hammock support, wit a hammock indicated in broken ines and Fig. 2 is a detail view of a caster support.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a longitudinal sill or bar 1 composed of two pieces 23 connected together by yokes or straps 4, so that th justed longitudinally one on the other to extend the bar 1 to its total length or to reduce its length as desired. The straps 4 may be so related to the two pieces 2-3 that any longitudinal movement upper ends an ese pieces may be ad of these pieces, espe clally any tendency to telescope, will be resisted by the cramping action of the yokes or straps. Furthermore, the yokes may be secured to one piece, say the piece 2, and be without connection to the part 3 except by the cramping action due to the tendency of the bar sections to telescope.

There are provided two laterally extending feet or supports 5-5 of sufficient spread to resist any tendency to upset the structure by lateral strains. The upper face of each foot or support 5 is flattened and at the center of the flattened portion there is secured a socket structure 6 shaped to receive the free end of one or the other of the parts 2 and 3. These sockets 6 may be so constructed as to receive these ends in a manner to prevent their passing through the same, either by making them sli htly tapered with a corresponding taper on t e ends of the bar sections 2 and 3, or by the use of a through pin, or any other means whereby these ends of the bar or sill are held to the supports 5 but are still removable therefrom. On each side of the socket .6 on each support 5 there is secured a plate 7 having an upwardly extending ear 8 carrying a laterally projecting pin 9. These pins receive eyes formed in the ends of straps 10 on the lower extremities of the two legs 11 of an upright 12. In this particular structure the upright 12 is shown formed in two there secured by a bolt 13 and if need be, by other means, and the legs 11 diverge toward the lower ends where they carry the straps 10. About midway of the length of the legs 11 there is another bolt 14 upon which is mounted a sleeve 15 havin about midway of its length a laterally exten ing ear 16 to which is secured a rod 17 by a screw or bolt 18, while the other end of this rod 17 is bent as shown at 19 so as to engage in any one of a series of holes or sockets 20 formed in the top of the respective section 2 or 3 of the bar or sill 1. Near the top of each upri ht 12 there is an eye 21 to receive the or inaryend hooks 22 of. a hammock 23.

Now, is-in the disassembled state and a user desires to so assemble it as to receive a hammock. The bar 1 is extended until it is of the proper length and the ends are then seated in the sockets 6. The uprights 12 are then secured to the su ports 5 by slightly spreading the lower en s of the legs so that t e eyes in the straps or plates 10 will snap through 5 let it be assumed that the structure arts brought together at the sible because the sleeve 15 is movable about the bolt 14 as a horizontal pivot, and the end 18 is then reinserted in asuitable one of the holes 20. By this means the inclination of the uprights 12 may be alike, or they may be different, according to the desires of the user. Now, when the hammock is hung inthe eyes 21 and the user is seated or reclines in said hammock the weight thus applied to the hammock tends to draw the ends of the uprights 12 toward each other. This, however, is resisted by the brace rods 17 which only tend to seat themselves more firmly in the sockets or perforations 20 because of the strain brought upon the uprights 12. At the same time any tendency of the bar sections 2 and '3 to telescope one on the other is resisted by the cramping action of the yokes or straps 4. I

Any side strain of the hammock which would tend to upset the structure is resisted by the wide spread of the supports 5, and all side strain thus brought to bear upon the uprights 12 is resisted by the spread of the legs 11 at their lower ends, being connected at divergent points on opposite sides of the sill 1 v mounted upon casters 24, t

to the supports 5. The supports 5 may be e stems 25 of which are supported by springs 26, so that I the whole structure is elastically upheld and p at the same time these casters permit the hammock support as a whole to be moved from place to place without the necessity of l dismantling it. The springs iri the casters are of sufficient strength to render the whole support elastic and thereby add to the comfort of the user.

The structure may be made of wood and metal, or entirely of metal when so desired.

1 claim A hammock support comprising a bar or sill composed of two members telescoping one on the other, each member being provided with a series of perforations or sockets, laterally extendin feet or supports each having a socket for file reception of the corresponding end of the sill, hammock supporting uprights, one for each foot or support, each of said uprights having divergent members pivotally connected at their lower ends to the corresponding foot or support, a connecting bolt or rod for the said members of the upright, a spacing sleeve thereon havin a projecting ear, and a brace rod connected to said ear at one end and having its other end adapted to any one of the corresponding series of perforations or sockets in the sill, the bolt extending through the sleeve constituting a pivot support for the brace rod.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH LOOKE.

Witnesses:

W. A. MEADOW, OTTO JosLrN. 

